was an emissary

Emissary

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 for Japan

Japan

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 who visited France

France

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 in 1865 to help prepare for the construction of the Yokosuka

Yokosuka, Kanagawa

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 arsenal with French support.

On behalf of the Shogunate, Shibata requested both the United Kingdom and France to send a military mission for training in Western warfare. The UK apparently declined, but the French accepted and this led to the first French military mission to Japan (1867–1868), which Shibata organized.

External links

• http://www.answers.com/topic/franco-japanese-relations
• The Napoleon III's officers in the Japan of the Last Shogun